Registering seal-press.



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1,028,914. Patented June 11, 1912.

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' ATTORNEYS CARTER D. STAT-EPEE, OF BEATTYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

REGISTEBING Specification of Letters Patent.

SEAL-PRESS.

latented June i1, 1912.

Application filed June 21, 190. Serial No. 568,095.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, CARTER D. Smarrita, a citizen ot the United States,and a resident of Beattyville, in the county t Lee and State ofKentucky, have invented a new` and improved Registering Seal-Press, oi'which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

rlhe invention has in view a press having associated therewith aregister to indicate the number ot impressions taken, the press andregister being so combined as to secure simplicity of construction andinsure the positive operation of the register, access to the latterbeing had only by the removal ot' a closure, ordinarily in the nature ofa hinged door, which door is normally locked and sealed, and is to beopened only by the proper oiiicer.

filhe registering press is particularly designed for the seals ofStates. lt is the practice in some ot the States of the United i Statesto furnish a seal press to each of its counties and make a prescribedcharge tor each impression taken. At present there is no way ot checkingon the oilicer having the press in charge. lilith my improved press, theState auditor or other proper oilicer keeps the key to the dooraffording access to the register, and in auditing or examining theaccounts of the county clerk or other officer having the press incharge, takes the reading or" the press register and, if desired, opensthe door by unlocking it and breaking the seal, and turns the registerback to zero, the door being again locked and sealed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ot'this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through a registering sealpress constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan otthe same, with the operating lever removed; and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the press and register plungers.

rlhe press is constructed atter the general form or' the conventionalseal or embossing' press, comprising the seating base 5, to the rear endof which is rigidly connected the overlianging arm G, in which the pressplunger 7 is vertically slidable, the base 5 and the plunger 7 carryingthe usual seal or einbossing dies 8 and 9 respectively.

In accordance with my invention, the ovrhanging arm (3 is recessed atone side adjacent to the plunger '7, to receive a register 10, thelatter being plunger-actuated and otherwise of the usual or otherpreferred construction, and having the customary opening` ll, throughwhich the register is readable. he recess in which the register is nrnially located is closed by a suitable closure l2, shown to be in thenature ot an ordinary hinged door, the closure being provided with alock 18, and is, in addition to being locked, normally sealed. Theregister may be fastened to the inner side of the door or securedseparately within tl e recess; in'

Vbearing plate l5 and the bottom wall of a recess 19 formed at the topof the arm 6. Adjacent to the recess 19 the actuating plunger let of theregister is slidable through an opening in the arm G leading through thetop wall ot the recess in which the register is located.

The press is operated in the usual way, as by depressing the operatinglever l? to the dotted position shown in Fig. l, which not only bringsthe seal dies together to torni the impression, but simultaneouslytherewith by the plunger le-, actuates the register and thus records theimpression taken.

With the door leading to the register locked and sealed, it is notpossible to gain access to the register and tamper therewith withoutleaving clear traces ot the molestation behind, and with the key to thedoor in the hands orn the proper oiiicer, a check can be correctly kepton the number of impressions made with the press.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

The combination ot seal press comprising an overhanging arm havingrelatively long and relatively short parallel bores eX- tendingvertically therein, and provided with a cavity between the upper ends ofsaid bores and an enlarged recess below and coininunicat-ing with theshorter bore, a slidable die plunger mounted in the longer bore. aregister actuating plunger slidable in the 5 short bore, a registermounted in said recess and with which said actuating plunger eoperates,a iiat cross head Connecting the upper ends of the two plungers inspaced relation, a spring seated in said cavity and 10 bearing upwardlyagainst said cross head7 and a lever pivoted in the bore overhangingarrn and having a eain for engagementJ with the upper Surface of thesaid cross head.

In testimony whereof I have Signed my naine to this specification in thepresence l5 of two subscribing witnesses.

CARTER D. STAMPER.

Witnessesz ED. HOUSTON,` L. C. GROSS.

Copies of 'this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

